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Mayor: This storm worse than 2010

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake calls this weekend's storm historic, saying it's going to take more time to return to normalcy than it did during the 2010 storm.

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Updated: 9:21 AM EST Jan 24, 2016

Mayor: This storm worse than 2010

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake calls this weekend's storm historic, saying it's going to take more time to return to normalcy than it did during the 2010 storm.

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Updated: 9:21 AM EST Jan 24, 2016

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WEBVTT LATEST ON THE CLEAN UP. LIVE ON THE PHONE IS MAYOR STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE. GOOD MORNING, MADAME MAYOR. >> GOOD MORNING. MIRI: I UNDERSTAND PHASE THREE IS OVER. WE'RE BACK TO PHASE TWO. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> WELL, WHAT IT DOESN'T MEAN IS JUMP IN YOUR CAR AND GO DRIVING AROUND. THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT WHAT IT MEANS. WHAT IT -- AT LEAST THIS IS AN HISTORIC STORM. I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT. WE KNOW HOW BAD IT WAS IN 2010. HOW LONG SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED. HOW LONG EVERYTHING WAS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE IMMOBILIZED AS A CITY. IT IS WORSE THAN THAT NOW. THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE MORE RESOURCES OUT ON THE STREETS THAN WE DID BACK IN 2010. REALLY WORK HARD TO TO -- PARTICULARLY ON THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR SIDE TO ENGAGE MORE OF THEM UP FRONT. THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US AN ADVANTAGE. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT IN A TOUGH BATTLE WITH MOTHER NATURE. I'M ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE COMMON SENSE AND TO HAVE PATIENTS. MINDY: HAVE THERE BEEN ANY DETERMINATIONS MADE TOMORROW IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT OR SCHOOL CLOSURES? >> NOT IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT. WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE AFTER OUR BRIEFING. AGAIN WE REMEMBER 2010 AND HOW LONG SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED. I MEAN I THINK EVERYBODY CAN USE COMMON SENSE AND FIGURE -- PRETTY MUCH FIGURE OUT THERE'S NO WAY SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO OPEN. MINDY: RIGHT. JUST ASSUME THAT I WOULD THINK AT THIS POINT. PERHAPS NOT EVEN TOMORROW BUT EVEN IN TO TUESDAY. AS YOU ARE SAYING, IT IS HISTORIC. THERE'S A LOT OF SNOW THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH. PEOPLE JUST NEED TO GET THEIR MIND WRAPPED AROUND THE FACT THAT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IS NOT GOING TO BE BUSINESS AS USUAL. >> I WOULD ASK EVERYONE TO CLOSE THEIR EYES, REMEMBER 2010, AND AMPLIFY IT. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. IT IS AN HISTORIC SNOW. AND, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- THESE ARE STILL VERY TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS. WE HAVE EMERGENCY VEHICLES THAT ARE GETTING STUCK. WE HAVE HUMVEES THAT ARE BREAKING THEIR AXELS. THE CONDITIONS ARE VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THEIR TIME TO DIG OUT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE THIS SNOW MAY HAVE STOPPED, YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CLEARING THREE INCHES OF SNOW FROM YOUR FRONT STEPS OR EVEN FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY. WE WANT PEOPLE TO -- YES, WE WANT YOU TO SHOVEL. JUST USE COMMON SENSE. WE DON'T WANT ANYONE OUT THERE HAVING A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO GET THAT SNOW DONE WITHIN THREE HOURS OR FOUR HOURS OR FIVE HOURS. WE UNDERSTAND -- I UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN HISTORIC SNOW. IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOMETIME FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE CITY, TO DIG IT OUT. MINDY: OVERALL ARE YOU PLEASED WITH HOW THE CITY RESIDENTS RESPONDED AND THE CITY WORKERS AS WELL? >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, AGAIN THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST TIME AT THE RODEO. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE. PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS -- THIS IS AN ORDEAL. IT IS GOING TO TAKE US SOMETIME TO GET BACK TO NORMAL. MOTORISTS HEEDED THE WARNINGS. ARE ENCOURAGING AND HOPEFUL THAT WILL CONTINUE. PEOPLE REALLY FOR THE MOST PART STAYED OFF OF THE STREETS. I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT JUST LIKE IN 2010 ENJOYING THE SNOW ON FOOT OR ON SLED, BUT NOT IN THEIR CARS. THAT'S GOING TO HELP US TO RESPOND TO THIS. IF WE COULD KEEP THAT GOING AND EVERYONE LOOK GUARD TO HAVING A GOOD TIME AND STAYING OFF OF THE ROADS TODAY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ADVANTAGE GOING IN TO THE WEEK, THE WORKWEEK. >> THAT'S REALLY HOPING THE TIMING OF THIS THAT'S HAPPENED ON THE WEEKEND. WE HAVE SOME TIME TO DIG

Mayor: This storm worse than 2010

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake calls this weekend's storm historic, saying it's going to take more time to return to normalcy than it did during the 2010 storm.